strained relationship between china and the united states. and on capitol hill, kyrsten sinema is in the spotlight. the arizona senator is staying sigh leapt on whether she will support a major bill for her own party. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, august 3rd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we re going to begin with that major victory for abortion rights. voters in kansas have rejected an effort to remove the right to the procedure from the state s constitution. this marks the first time abortion rights was put to a vote since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade back in june. with the november midterms coming up, the kansas vote signals that abortion could be an energizing issue. according to an associated press estimate, turnout for yesterday s primary far exceeded other recent contests with about 900,000 kansas voters casting a ballot. president biden celebrated the win, writing in part, this vote makes clear what
this, but it looks like not enough republicans are the ten needs to pass the phil buster in the senate would be able to get the bill over the finish line. so, we have some reporting, my colleague found out that senator susan collins is working with democrats, specifically, tenny baldwin, about how to change it to get another republicans on board. one of the key things they re looking at is making sure they clarify the language around potential religious liberty. and it kind of goes into, you know, we saw that case at the supreme where there was a baker who refused to bake a cake for a gay couple. things like that ensuring that, you know, individuals have the right to exercise their religious liberties, that could potentially be a new takeoff and also if they do change that senate bill, they ll likely have to go back to the house. all of this shows that this bill doesn t look like it s going to pass by the august recess. and as you know, jonathan,